Hyde Park Neigh borhood Club Runs Summer Teen Tween Program
The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club hosts a busy summer for teens and tweens ages 12 to 18 with nearly 50 participants. Activities include track, bike hikes, movies, bowling, girls softball, volleyball, crafts, tennis, swimming, and open gym. Weekly bowling and game nights, trips to Ravinia and Chicago events, and a Friday Aug 24 Sand Dunes picnic wrap the season led by coordinator Ann Dansie and staff.
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Ticipants
Les Barker
Ravinia
Highland Park
Chicago Symphony Pops
Arthur Fielder
Cludes Liszt
Rakoczy
Johann Strauss
Bowman
Burt Bacharach
Chicago
Dorothy Donegan
Ramsey Lewis
Dave Remington
Franz Jackson
Art Hodes
Sand Dunes
Ind
Ann Dansie
Carol Oldfield
Les Fant
Robert Cooke
Grace Woods
Jodie Easley
Illinois Senate approves condo coop tax assessment bill
The Illinois Senate backed a measure to tax condominium and cooperative apartments at the same percentage of fair market value as single family homes. Cook County currently under reassessed divisions. the bill seeks equal treatment with private residences and is expected to be signed by Governor Walker.
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Illinois State Senate
Daniel Walker
Illinois House of Representatives
Southside
Cook County
Illinois House
State Senate
Street cleaning woes spark ward review in Hyde Park
Fifth Ward Alderman Leon Despres reports complaints from residents who receive tickets on street cleaning days. Chicago Police District 21 Commander James O Grady agrees that enforcing no parking is best, but notes weather and mechanics hinder published schedules. He favors leaflets by block clubs to encourage compliance and mentions prior vehicle relocation as a plan set aside due to damaged autos.
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Hyde Park
Leon Despres
Despres
21St Police District
James O’grady
O’grady
Thomas Frole
Fifth Ward
Wooded Island Festival Returns in Hyde Park Chicago
The Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference again sponsors the Wooded Island Festival to showcase the meadow south of the Museum of Science and Industry. The event occurs Sunday September 30 with chairwoman Carol Parham and volunteers from YMCA University of Chicago Art Tillers and local residents invited to participate.
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Wooded Island
Hyde Park-Kenwood
S. Greenwood
Y.M.C.A
University of Chicago Folk Dancers
Paul Collins
Paley Named Head of Museum Public Relations
Irving Paley named manager of public relations for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. He has directed the University of Chicago information office since 1971 and previously held senior PR roles at ABC and MCA in New York before joining the Chicago museum.
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Paley
P.r
Irving Paley
The
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago
Office of Public Information
University of Chicago
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
New York
Music Corp. of America
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Sharon Jeffrey
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Television
High Fidelity & Sales & Service
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Lake Park Ave
Mr. T’s
Expert Shoe Service
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